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Humberto ‘Beto’ Torres Jr.
Uvalde High School assistant principal Humberto “Beto” Torres Jr., 34, died on Tuesday, Nov. 21, after experiencing a medical emergency.
He had been employed at Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District for nearly eight years and had served as a teacher, technology coach, and campus testing coordinator.
In 2023, the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals declared Torres as Region 20 outstanding principal of the year, based on nominations from within the region. In 2018, UCISD named him a campus teacher of the year for his work at Dalton.
Throughout the morning on Nov. 22, friends, family, coworkers, and parents of children he taught shared memories and appreciation for his efforts.
UCISD trustees approved his hiring in January of 2016 as a kindergarten teacher at Dalton Elementary. By March of 2021, they promoted him to assistant principal of Morales Junior High School, and he later moved to the same position at Uvalde High School.
Torres, an Eagle Scout, graduated from Uvalde High School in 2008.
After high school, he moved to Brazil, living in several different locations, to carry out missionary work over two years. The purpose of his work was to help the locals in the South American country have more faith in themselves and in God. He also wanted to teach the basic principle of prayer. He spoke and wrote Portuguese fluently.
He graduated magna cum laude from Southwest Texas Junior College in 2013. He earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Brigham Young University with a minor in TESOL, which means teaching English to speakers of other languages.
He received a Master of Education degree in school administration from Sul Ross State University in 2019.
He was pursuing a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
He was a member of the Uvalde Lions Club; Boy Scouts of America, where he served as an assistant in local troops and previously served as district commissioner; and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In 2017, he and his father, Humberto Torres of Uvalde, earned the Wood Badge together. According to Boy Scouts of America, the Wood Badge is an advanced, national leadership course open only to Scouting volunteers and professionals.
Service information was not available when the newspaper was printed but will be made available on the newspaper’s website and social media if open to the public.
UCISD said counseling resources were available on its website, ucisd.net under its family and student support services/social and emotional support section.
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